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CANI P-STOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 637,965, datedNovember 28, 1899.

Application filed February 25, 1899. Serial No. 706,896. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES V. KUDER, a citizen of the United States,residing in Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, haveinventeda new and'useful Camp-Stove, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates t0 cooking-stoves designed to be used out of doors,in tents, and in teinporarysummer quarters generally; and the objects ofmy invention are, first, to provide a stove composed of pieces that maybe easily put together and taken apart, to make these pieces of suchsmall weight that the whole stove may be carried at once by one person,and to have the construction of the stoveA so simple that any one canquickly set it up and make it ready for use. I attain these objects bythe structure illustrated by the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure1 represents a side elevation of my stove. Fig. 2 represents across-section of the same, taken on the line 2 2 in Fig. l. Fig. 3represents a plan section of the same, taken on line 3 3 in Fig. 1. Fig.4 represents a longitudinal section of the same, taken on the line 4 4in Figs. 2 and 3. Fig. 5 represents a detail View of the parts of theoven detached, showing the method of putting the sides and top andbottom together. Fig. 6 represents a detail section taken on line 6 6 inFig. 4, showing the construction of the grooved channels in the top andbottom of the oven` and of those secured upon the sides of theoven-chamber. Fig. 7 is a perspective View of the damper detached. Fig.8 represents an end elevation of the stove, showing the method ofcollapsing the two sides upon the bottom. Fig. 9 is a sectional view ofa part of the bottom and one of the sides of the stove andalso in dottedlines illustrating the act of either inserting the oven-plates in orwithdrawing them from the grooved channel-pieces. Fig. 10 is an invertedplan view of the stove-top. Fig. 1l is a detail section of a part of theoven-top, looking in the direction of the arrow and showingthethumbstops.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, 15 is a side plate of the fire-chamber of thestove. 16 is a side plate of the oven-chamber, these side plates beingintegral on the respective sides of the stove.

17 and 1S are doors, respectively.

19 is the ue, and 2O is the hearth.

The doors swing on hinges 2l 21, which may be of any suitable kind andwhich are fastened with any suitable hinged latch, as 22 22, securedthereon, and engage with the catches 23 23, which may be of any suitableconstruction and which are secured,respec tively, to the-side of thefire-chamber and of the oven-chamber.

24 is an air-chamber secured upon the front end of the oven next to the{ire-chamber to protect that endof the oven from being' overheated bydirect action of the lire. This chamber has the openings 25 for thecirculation of hot air. The oven is secured in the stove (in a manner tobe hereinafter described) so that a space is left below, above, and backof the oven for the circulation of hot air from the lire-chamber, so asto create uniform heat about the oven.

The top and bottom plates of the oven, 26 and 27, are bent at each endin double curves, so as thus to form the grooved channels 28 and 29.These grooved channels receive the edges of the front and back plates 30and 31 of the oven. The sides of the oven-chamber, including the door aspart of one side, form the remaining sides of the oven.

31% and Sl are grooved channels made for the plates 30 and 31 to slideinto, which channels are formed of sheet-iron properly bent and areriveted to the side plates of the oven-chamber.

16- l are two ledges riveted tothe inside of the side plates of theoven-chamber, designed to secure the bottom plate of the oven inposition. Each of these ledges is formed with a grooved channel, inwhich the edges ot said plate are inserted, the side plates 15 16 beingswung outward on the hinges 33 far enough to permit this.

32 is the bottom plate of the lire-chamber and oven-chamber, it ,beingcontinuous. This plate is secured by hinges 33 to the side plates of thefire-chamber and oven-chamber, so that the sides may be collapsed uponthe bottom when the stove is to be carried from place to place.

Thumb-stops 34 are riveted to the top IGC) plates 36 and 37 of thefire-chamber and ovenchamber. The side plates 15 16 are curved inward,so that these thu m b-*stops will engage with them when turned after thetop plates have been fixed on the side plates of the firechamber andoven-chamber.

The hinges 35 of any well-known form connect-the top platesw 36 and 37of the rechamber and oven-chamber with the vertical plate 38, which isthus secured to both the former plates, and these hinges make itpossible to fold the top ot' the oven-chamber upon the top ofthetire-chamber when it is desired to move the stove from place to place.

The plat-es 32, 36, and 37 are each bent inward in a double curve attheir front and back ends, thus making the grooved channel 41, and thefront and back plates 39 and 10 ot' the fire-chamber and oven-chamberare bent outward at their ends, so as to enter said channels when thestove is set up.

42 is the damper. It is a sheet-iron plate bent along one side, so as tocompletely close the space between the oven and oven-chamber whendesired, and it is fitted with a handle which is passed through a slot.in the back wall of the oven-chamber. The damper is used to regulate theheat about the oven. Then the damper covers one-half the space 'betweenthe back of the oven and the back of the oven-chamber, the heat iseqnalized all around the oven. When the damper is shoved forward so asto open completely the space back of the oven, the heat passes mostfreely under the bottoni and up the back ofthe oven. When the dampercompletely closes the space -back of the oven, the heat is equalizedabove and below the oven,

The body of the stove is made of heavy sheet-iron. As shown bythe abovedescription of its parts and the manner in which they are united to formthe stove, it is obvious that the stove can be readily knocked down andthe component parts packed together,so as to occupy very little space inshipoven-chamber; the top and bottom plates of Y the oven, 26 and 27,bent at their ends in double curves; the grooved plates 30%, 31% rivetedvertically to the side plates of the ovenchamber; and the front and backplates of the oven, 30 and 31, fitting in said grooved plates,substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. In a camp-stove, the combination; of the top and bottom plates of theoven, 26 and 27, bent at their ends in double curves; the front and backplates of the oven` 30 and 31; the grooved plates, 305 and 31g-, rivetedvertically to the opposite sides of the oven-chamber; the ledges, 16%,161i-, riveted horizontally to the inside of the side plates, 16, 16, ofthe oven-chamber; and the hot-air chamber, 24, secured to the frontplate of the oven, and having the openings 25, substantially as and forthe purpose specified.

3. In a camp-stove substantially as described, thecombination; of theplates 36, 37 and 38 secured together by hinges at the junction of thefirst and last with the middle one of said plates; the two side plates,15 16, connected with the bottom plate 32 by hinges securing the formerplates to the latter; the front and back plates 39 and 40 bent outwardat their ends so as to engage with the grooved channels, 4l, in theplates 32, 36 and 37, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

CHARLES V. KUDER. Witnesses: v

E. C. CRAWFORD, W. E. McCoRMAoK.

